General Purposes

About this grant

Communities across Bosnia and Herzegovina struggle to address common challenges, particularly those facing youth. During the past three years, the community of Simin Han in Bosnia has developed and is sharing best practices for community renewal and regeneration and youth empowerment through its community foundation. Recently, the organization expanded to cover the municipality of Tuzla and changed its name to the Community Foundation Tuzla.Multiyear funding will enable the foundation to change its governance structure to be more representative of the municipality; raise awareness in the municipality about philanthropy, volunteerism and community organizing and its role in the community; strengthen its relationship with the municipal government; identify local districts with the potential for further development and establish cooperation with community leaders in these districts; expand its network in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Eastern Europe; and use Simin Han as a center for developing and sharing best practices.The Community Foundation Tuzla was established in 2003 as the Community Foundation Simin Han in the neighborhood of Simin Han, a district within the municipality of Tuzla in central Bosnia. In 2005, the foundation changed its name to reflect a new mission of working throughout the municipality.